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The Tempest or The Enchanted Island

by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)

10. Dear Pretty Youth
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Dear pretty youth, unveil your eyes,
How can you sleep when I am by?
Were I with you all night to be,
Methinks I could from sleep be free.
Alas, my dear, you're cold as stone:
You must no longer lie alone.
But be with me my dear, and I in each arm
Will hug you close and keep you warm.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692)

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Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

14. Your Awful Voice
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Your awful voice I hear and I obey,
Brother to Jove and monarch of the sea.
Come down, my blusterers, swell no more,
Your stormy rage give o'er.

To your prisons below,
Down you must go.
In hollow rocks your revels make,
Nor 'till I call your trembling dens forsake.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692)

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Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

15. Halcyon days
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Halcyon days, now wars are ending. 
You shall find where-e'er you sail 
Tritons all the while attending 
With a kind and gentle gale.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Shadwell (1642? - 1692)

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Researcher for this page: Barry Kamil
Total word count: 134
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